GILBERT v. COWAN

No. 10419.

180 So.2d 63 (1965)

Thomas Johnson GILBERT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Aimee Grace Gilbert COWAN, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied October 28, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John S. C. Massey, West Monroe, for appellant.

Charles A. Traylor, II, Jones, Blackwell, Chambliss & Hobbs by James A. Hobbs, West Monroe, for appellee.

Before HARDY, GLADNEY, and BOLIN, JJ.


GLADNEY, Judge.

Plaintiff's action for a divorce based on two years living separate and apart from his wife (LSA-R.S. 9:301) was met with a plea of res judicata which was sustained by the trial court. Hence this appeal.

The ruling of the trial court held that a judgment of divorce secured on August 15, 1961 by Mrs. Aimee Grace Gilbert in the Chancery Court of Jefferson County, Arkansas was valid by reason of compliance with the applicable statutes of the State...

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